Roman Catholic Diocese of Kankan

Diocese of Kankan

Diœcesis Kankanensis
Location
CountryGuinea
MetropolitanConakry
Statistics
Area118,000 km2 (46,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
1,809,716
55,483 (3.1%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopVacant
Auxiliary BishopsAlexis Aly Tagbino
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The Diocese of Kankan (Latin: Diœcesis Kankanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Guinea. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Conakry, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Its cathedral is the Marian Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Victoires et de la Paix, dedicated to Our Lady of Victories and Peace, in the episcopal see of Kankan.